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,,,,:~†*%&                                          &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@                                          @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@#   IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST   #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@##   WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE   ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@# THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN  #@&%*†~:,,
,,,:~†*%&@   RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU   @&%*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*%&    ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE     &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@    FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND    @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@#        JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE,        #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@##     AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE,     ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@#   ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND  #@&%*†~:,,
,,,:~†*%&@ WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A  @&%*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*%&      FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND     &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@   EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A   @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@#            HOLE IN THE FENCE.            #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@##                                          ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@# GO  INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES #@&%*†~:,,
,,,:~†*%&@ A PALE SWAMP (HERONS,  MOSQUITOS).  IT'S @&%*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*%& BRIGHTER  HERE, AND  THE SOUNDS  OF  THE &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@ CITY SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A  SECOND @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@# GROVE  INSIDE. ZIG ZAG  BETWEEN  PUDDLES #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@## AND    SINKING   SHIPPING    CONTAINERS, ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@# BECAUSE  TOWARD THE  INNER  TREELINE THE #@&%*†~:,,
,,,:~†*%&@ GROUND      BECOMES     SOLID     AGAIN. @&%*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*%&                                          &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@  GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED  @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@# PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS,  #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@##    LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN   ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@#  ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE  #@&%*†~:,,
,,,:~†*%&@      AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS     @&%*†~:,,,
,,,,:~†*%&  CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT  &%*†~:,,,,
,,,:~†*%&@        THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE:       @&%*†~:,,,
,,:~†*%&@#                                          #@&%*†~:,,
,:~†*%&@##             "INDIAN PALACE".             ##@&%*†~:,
,,:~†*%&@#                                          #@&%*†~:,,
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